Woolworths salad varieties join ‘hallucinogenic’ spinach recall

The grocery store large stated the objects had been bought throughout Victoria, New South Wales, ACT and Queensland. The merchandise may doubtlessly be contaminated “with unsafe plant material”.

An announcement warned consuming these may trigger sickness and requested anybody with the 2 varieties to return them to shops for a full refund.

Victoria Health launched its personal well being alert this afternoon, noting eight folks had been made sick by the contaminated product.

ACT Health additionally issued an pressing recall however didn’t reveal if anybody had been poisoned.

An preliminary recall for the product with a finest earlier than date of December 16 was issued by NSW Health final evening however the firm has now expanded that to incorporate merchandise with a finest earlier than date of as much as and together with December 28.

“This is a precautionary measure and is an update on earlier advice where we stated that products with a best before date of 16 December 2022 were impacted,” Riviera Farms stated in an announcement.

“It appears these products, which were grown on a farm in Victoria and shipped to stores in NSW, have been contaminated with a weed which can have health consequences if consumed.”

Samples of the spinach have been despatched to laboratories for testing.

The product is “not safe to consume” and individuals who nonetheless have it ought to throw it out, NSW Health stated.

It’s believed the merchandise could also be contaminated with a weed which may “have health consequences if consumed”.

NSW Health have reported 9 folks requiring medical consideration, whereas the Victorian authority is conscious of eight.

The dates of the merchandise impacted are the identical as in NSW at this stage.

Earlier, Riviera Farms stated it had been involved with state well being and federal meals regulators yesterday after “immediately” advising its clients to withdraw the spinach product from the cabinets.